Catwalking on the Moon

In a pre-recorded message, Colbert said he was proud the treadmill would "help finally slim down all those chubby astronauts," The Associated Press reported. Colbert initially won an online contest to have a room named for him in the space station but NASA balked. Instead, the agency named a new $5 million treadmill "Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill" or "COLBERT."